About the Book

The Western Territories, 1880. For four years,Civil War veteran and former U.S. Cavalry CaptainJonas P. Hollister has been rotting in a prison cell at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His crime: lying about the loss of eleven soldiers under his command . . . who he claims were slaughtered by a bandof nonhuman, blood-drinking demons.

But now a famous visitor, the detective Allan Pinkerton, has arrived with an order for Hollister's release. The brutal murder of a group of Colorado miners in a fashion frighteningly similar to the deaths of Hollister's men has leant new credence to his wild tale. And suddenly Jonas Hollister finds himself on a quest both dangerous and dark—joining forces with Pinkerton, the gunsmith Oliver Winchester, an ex-fellow prisoner, a woman of mystery, and a foreigner named Abraham Van Helsing, who knows many things about the monsters of the night—and riding hell for leather toward an epic confrontation . . . with the undead.

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Critical Praise

“Strap on your six-shooter and saddle your horse, you’re in for the ride of your life.” —

“Blood Riders is a novel like you’ve never read before -- part Western and part horror -- and one-hundred percent sweet excitement. It’s vivid and high-velocity, too. I couldn’t put it down!” —

“BLOOD RIDERS by Michael P. Spradlin is a thrill ride of a novel! I was turning the pages so fast I barely had time to catch my breath. Spradlin’s bold, fast-paced and engaging style makes BLOOD RIDERS a new classic!” —

” The final showdown convincingly resolves all the plot threads and provides fans of the vampire western genre a delightful read.” —

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